Scientists discover antibody that kills prostate cancer

Scientists discover antibody that kills prostate cancer

The antibody, called F77, was found to bond more readily with cancerous prostate tissues and cells than with benign tissue and cells, and to
promote the death of cancerous tissue, said the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS).

When injected in mice, F77 bonded with tissue where prostate cancer was the primary cancer in almost all cases (97 percent) and in tissue cores where
the cancer had metastasized around 85 percent of the time

As I have said before I hope this is true and will work. As I have also said before, I hope the drug companies will not be delaying or moveing to
block this. As it sounds like it may be a cure, and not a treatment. As the drug companies make much less money on a cure vs a treatment. Also I do
not know if the antibody is something that can be patented or not. If any one does know please do let us all know.

LordBaskett
As always thank you for posting, but I think your statment on breast cancer vs postrate cancer is not correct.

Cancer therapy budgets have in the past been (and continue to be) established with little regard for the prevalence of the disease. In fact, the
therapy budgets tend to reflect the number and type of options that we have available, and so breast cancer is out in front because we have multiple
modalities of therapy (screening, surgery, radiotherapy, hormones and chemotherapy). This is in stark contrast to lung cancer, in which (until very
recently) most patients presented late, had multiple smoking-induced comorbidities and could only be offered palliative care. Perhaps as we develop
more and better therapies for other cancers, some of the therapy budget imbalance will iron out. However, some would advocate that in a disease in
which the patient's lifestyle is a major causative factor (for instance, smoking and lung cancer), the burden of care should not be borne by the rest
of society. I think this is a dangerous argument. How do we know that lifestyle does not influence all cancer incidence? Perhaps we should not treat
any of the sufferers, and what about cardiovascular disease?

The other factor that definitely plays a role is the activities of pressure groups or patient advocacy organizations. The demographics of breast
cancer as discussed above lend themselves well to formation of groups of well educated, middle class breast cancer survivors. Hence, multiple and
highly influential breast cancer groups do exist; they lobby politicians, take government organizations to court and even appeal to the European Court
of Human Rights. This makes those with control of budgets sit up and take notice.breast cancer
research

Another cure to be tossed away. There are already drugs on the market that can me used to cure it. There are about a billion naturally occurring
chemicals that fight tumors. It wouldn't be much for them to synthesize stronger analogs. If any one was serious about curing cancer they would have
already.

Originally posted by mosesgunner
Another cure to be tossed away. There are already drugs on the market that can me used to cure it. There are about a billion naturally occurring
chemicals that fight tumors. It wouldn't be much for them to synthesize stronger analogs. If any one was serious about curing cancer they would have
already.

Cancer is not just one disease. Some cancers can be cured...depends what stage you catch it at. Tell me, please, what is the magic bullet you speak
of?

If the antibody can be grown in a lab, I'm sure it will be available in Russia as soon as someone can do it. It's much the same with phages.
Can't get em in the United States, but they are available in Russia.

dichloroacetate
curcumin
tetrahydro-cannabinol along with other cannabinols

thats off the top of my head. Curcumin and cannabinols could easily be modified to make stronger and more easily absorbed. If I had the start up
money I'd start a company to start the research right away.

dichloroacetate
curcumin
tetrahydro-cannabinol along with other cannabinols
thats off the top of my head. Curcumin and cannabinols could easily be modified to make stronger and more easily absorbed. If I had the start up
money I'd start a company to start the research right away.
more:
lycopene

These you tout as cures? Research is being done, and they may have demonstrated cancer-fighting properties in a laboratory environment, but that
ain't no cure.

If you can catch the disease early enough, brachytherapy (insertion of radioactive 'seeds' into the prostate) does a good job. Here's the
quandary...you can noodle about with 'cures' that the ubiquitous 'some guy on the web' told you about...and as your Gleason Score and PSA rise,
you lose the window of opportunity for the best effective range of treatment.

What you get instead is a risk of the cancer metastasizing to other organs, nastier treatment options, and a much higher likelihood of erectile
dysfunction and incontinence...and that's if you cure it!

There are diets that discourage PS, but there is no 'alternative' cure on the market at this point, though 'zyflamend' is in clinical trials and
could be a good bet, if only to keep the disease at bay.

These are natural chemicals shown in preliminary tests to kill cancer cells. The problem is they will never get the funding to fully understand and
fund the development of medication based on these chemicals. Sorry bro but if they really wanted to cure it, they could have by now. The majority of
cancer money goes is toward preliminary research that goes nowhere.

These are natural chemicals shown in preliminary tests to kill cancer cells. The problem is they will never get the funding to fully understand and
fund the development of medication based on these chemicals.

Then why are we hearing so much out of the conventional circles about the benefits of anti-oxidant rich fruit and vegetables? Why is vitamin D
becoming an issue? Why are there clinical trials for Zyflamend?

Sorry bro but if they really wanted to cure it, they could have by now.

They did...they cured my prostate cancer by inserting 68 radioactive steel seeds with a half-life of 6 months, directly into the tumourous
areas...based upon mapping by ultrasound. Cured...and it cost me $32 out-of-pocket!

The majority of cancer money goes is toward preliminary research that goes nowhere.

See above...that is simply a canard...I know cancer researchers and they are dedicated AND are getting results. But Cancer KILLS...if you win one,
cure one, you're lucky. More are winning, more are being cured. And if anyone here on ATS has...they, themselves...personally been cured of cancer
through alternative medicine, please chime in.

Originally posted by endisnighe
You know everyone, hate to divert the convo.
I have always thought the magic bullet for every disease is in our own bodies.

No diversion whatsoever...the point of the thread is that those tools may soon be at hand...to induce the body to kick-in with the right antibodies.
But none of these diseases are new, though some may be environmentally enhanced we are also living long enough to die of them now.

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